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September 2008
- Tony Blair Nervous on First Day of School
  
  Yale Daily News | Sep 19, 08 1:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It’s the first day of school for Tony Blair, and the former prime minister confesses to having a case of nerves. “I was never a star student,” says Blair, who is embarking on a 3-year teaching gig at Yale. Blair tells the Yale Daily News he’s excited, but he’s also aware that he's going to be “mixing with a whole lot of people who I’m sure are a whole lot more clever and smarter than I am.” More »
August 2008
- 3 Charged in Plot to Kill Brown
  
  Guardian (UK) | Aug 29, 08 9:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Three British citizens have been charged with terror offenses for allegedly plotting to assassinate Gordon Brown, the Guardian reports. The suspects, who will appear in court in London today, belong to a group calling itself Al-Qaeda in Britain. They are accused of everything from soliciting murder to inviting support of a terrorist organization, although it's believed that no detailed plans were in place to kill the prime minister. More »
- Leaked Blair Memo Blasts Brown 'Vacuity'
  
  Guardian (UK) | Aug 4, 08 6:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Gordon Brown took further lashed from his own party over the weekend as allies of Tony Blair leaked an old memo from the former prime minister bashing Brown's tenure. In the memo, written last year after Brown called off a mooted snap election, Blair accuses his successor of "hubris and vacuity." Blairites are also preparing to launch a series of statements and policy proposals to force Brown out. More »
May 2008
- Palestinians Stand to Benefit in Blair Deal
  
  Times (UK) | May 13, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Tony Blair announced an economic deal today between Israel and the Palestinians aimed at boosting business in the West Bank, the Times of London reports. The agreement, the first brokered by the former British PM in his role as Middle East peace envoy, will see Israel remove four military checkpoints and withdraw security forces—seen as a key step toward Palestinian statehood. More »
- Blair Bared '02 Miscarriage to Quell Iraq Rumor
  
  Times (UK) | May 12, 08 12:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Tony Blair's public revelation in 2002 that his wife had suffered a miscarriage halted rumors that his delayed vacation meant the Iraq invasion was imminent—but also appalled Cherie Blair, reports the Times of London . The former PM’s wife unveils some major revelations in her new autobiography, including that the Blairs conceived a child while visiting the queen: The ex-first lady didn’t pack contraceptives because she was embarrassed to take them through royal security. More »
April 2008
- Blair Weighs In on London's Neck-and-Neck Mayoral Race
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 24, 08 7:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With one week to go, the two main candidates in the race for mayor of London—maverick Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone and clownish Tory Boris Johnson—remain neck-and-neck. As the Labour Party realizes that it could lose the most important elected office in Britain, the Guardian reveals that Livingstone is receiving help from his former sworn enemies: Tony Blair and his spin doctor, Alistair Campbell. More »
March 2008
- Blair Offered to Meet Hooded IRA Militants
  
  Guardian (UK) | Mar 17, 08 7:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new tell-all book by Tony Blair's chief of staff reveals that the former British prime minister offered to meet with eight leaders of the Irish Republican Army during a critical moment in Northern Irish peace talks. Jonathan Powell, one of Blair's longest-serving allies, admits in a memoir being serialized in the Guardian that the PM was ready to hold talks with terrorists wearing ski masks. More »
- Blair to Take Yale Post This Fall
  
  Guardian (UK) | Mar 7, 08 7:53 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Tony Blair’s ties to President Bush are getting thicker by the minute: The former British prime minister will take a teaching position at Yale, Dubya's alma mater, this fall, the Guardian reports; Blair's son Euan is a grad student at the university, the Yale Daily News reports. Blair, who's also a Middle East peace envoy, will teach a religion and politics seminar. More »
February 2008
- CIA: Rendition Flights Landed in UK Territory
  
  BBC | Feb 21, 08 2:17 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Two US flights carrying terror suspects for interrogation abroad—a practice known as extraordinary rendition—landed on British territory in 2002, confirmed CIA Director Michael Hayden today. Though the UK previously denied such landings, Foreign Secretary David Miliband admitted planes refueled on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, reports the BBC, a fact revealed in a recent search of US records. More »
- Foes Mobilize to Block Blair as First Euro Prez
  
  Guardian (UK) | Feb 20, 08 3:14 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Stiff opposition is mounting against the possibility of former British prime minister Tony Blair being named the first president of Europe. A "Stop Blair" website has been launched, and a cross-party caucus in the European parliament is forming to campaign against him. A new treaty about to be ratified creates the new position, although precisely what the job would entail remains unclear. Opposition to a Blair presidency is particularly fierce in Germany, reports the Guardian . More »
- Saudis Killed Arms Probe Under Blair
  
  Guardian (UK) | Feb 15, 08 9:37 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Saudi royal family threatened to withhold information about planned terrorist attacks on London unless British authorities suspended an investigation into corrupt arms deals, court documents show. Prince Bandar flew to London in December 2006 to warn investigators they faced "another 7/7," referring to the four bombs that killed 52 people in 2005, reports the Guardian . More »
- Blair Eyes Role as Europe's First President
  
  Guardian (UK) | Feb 2, 08 12:38 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Tony Blair is angling to become Europe’s first president, the Guardian reports, but the former British PM wants to be assured the EU’s new top job will come with real authority on defense and trade. Blair, currently the Mideast envoy for the US, EU, UN, and Russia, has been meeting with allies and already has French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s support. The post as head of the EU Council will be filled next January. More »
January 2008
- Blair Takes $1M Part-Time JPMorgan Job
  
  Times (UK) | Jan 10, 08 9:32 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Former British PM Tony Blair will advise JPMorgan Chase on global politics, and pick up a check in the neighborhood of $1 million for his part-time trouble. Blair will keep his current job as the Quartet's envoy to the Middle East, reports the Times of London, but it's hardly his first cash cow: he's inked a $10 million deal for his memoirs and is cleaning up with speaking engagements. More »
December 2007
- Blair Now Officially Catholic
  
  Times (UK) | Dec 22, 07 11:16 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Tony Blair converted to Catholicism yesterday, confirming months of rumors that he would switch from the Church of England, the UK Times reports. "I am very glad to receive Tony Blair into the Catholic church," said the archbishop of Westminster, who performed the ceremony in London. The former PM had long been attending services with his Catholic wife. More »
November 2007
- Faith Doesn't Play in British Politics
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Nov 25, 07 6:18 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Soon-to-be-Catholic Tony Blair has confessed that faith was "hugely important" in decisions he made as Britain's prime minister, and he wished he could, like President Bush, have been open about it at the time. But Britons are suspicious of religion, Blair said in a TV interview reported in the Telegraph . "You talk about it in our system and, frankly, people do think you're a nutter." More »
- Blair Floats Palestinian Jobs Plan
  
  Guardian (UK) | Nov 19, 07 11:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - In his first major undertaking as the international community's Mideast envoy, Tony Blair will disclose plans today to provide tens of thousands of jobs for Palestinians, the Guardian reports. The multimillion-d

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Tony Blair Nervous on First Day of School

3 Charged in Plot to Kill Brown

Leaked Blair Memo Blasts Brown 'Vacuity'

Palestinians Stand to Benefit in Blair Deal

Blair Bared '02 Miscarriage to Quell Iraq Rumor

Blair Weighs In on London's Neck-and-Neck Mayoral Race

Blair Offered to Meet Hooded IRA Militants

Blair to Take Yale Post This Fall

CIA: Rendition Flights Landed in UK Territory

Foes Mobilize to Block Blair as First Euro Prez

Saudis Killed Arms Probe Under Blair

Blair Eyes Role as Europe's First President

Blair Takes $1M Part-Time JPMorgan Job

Blair Now Officially Catholic

Faith Doesn't Play in British Politics

Blair Floats Palestinian Jobs Plan